Motile sperm organelle morphology examination is stricter than Tygerberg criteria
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2009-03-01
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Oliveira, J. B. A.
Massaro, F. C.
Mauri, A. L.
Petersen, C. G. [UNESP]
Nicoletti, A. P. M.
Baruffi, R. L. R.
Franco, J. G. [UNESP]
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Reproductive Healthcare Ltd
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The present study aimed to evaluate the correlation between the motile sperm organelle morphology examination (MSOME) and a well-known sperm morphology classification (Tygerberg criteria). For MSOME, spermatozoa were analysed at x8400 magnification by inverted microscope equipped with Nomarski differential interference contrast optics, Uplan Apo x 100 oil/1.35 objective lens and variable zoom lens. By Tygerberg criteria, the semen underwent morphological evaluation as described in the literature. Regression analysis demonstrated significant positive correlation between percentage of normal sperm forms by Tygerberg criteria and by MSOME (r = 0.83, P < 0.0001). However, the incidence of normal spermatozoa by Tygerberg criteria (9.4%) was significantly higher (P < 0.0001) than under MSOME (3.3%). Despite the highly positive correlation, MSOME is a much stricter criterion of sperm morphology classification, since it identifies vacuoles and chromatin abnormalities that are not evaluated with the same precision by the analysis of Tygerberg criteria. MSOME should be included among the routine criteria for semen analysis. In addition, MSOME should be used for selection of spermatozoa for intracytoplasmic sperm injection based on the already published literature, as this is a good selection tool.
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MSOME, semen analysis, sperm nuclear vacuoles, Tygerberg criteria
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Reproductive Biomedicine Online. Cambridge: Reproductive Healthcare Ltd, v. 18, n. 3, p. 320-326, 2009.